Standard_F4vsStandard_F4s

Standard_F4 and Standard_F4s cost the same on demand in East US, $0.199 per hour.

At a glanceStandard_F4Standard_F4s
On-demand$0.199/hr$0.199/hr
Lowest rate$0.0463/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0463/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size4 vCPUs, 8 GiB4 vCPUs, 8 GiB
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in East US

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

OptionStandard_F4Standard_F4sStandard_F4s vs Standard_F4
On-demandPay by the hour$0.199$0.199Same
SpotCan be interrupted77% off$0.046377% off$0.0463Same
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$0.137331% off$0.1373Same
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.093553% off$0.0935Same

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_F4 leads
Temp disk64 GiB vs 16 GiB
4× higher
Where Standard_F4s leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

7 of 19 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 5 matchStandard_F4Standard_F4s
vCPUs44
Physical cores44
Threads per core11
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ACU (compute units)210210
MemoryAll 1 matchStandard_F4Standard_F4s
Memory (GiB)88
NetworkingAll 2 matchStandard_F4Standard_F4s
Accelerated networkingYesYes
Max network interfaces44
Storage3 of 6 differStandard_F4Standard_F4s
Temp disk64 GiB16 GiB
Max data disks1616
Premium SSDNoYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)12,80012,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)192 MB/s192 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoYes
Instance details4 of 4 differStandard_F4Standard_F4s
FamilyFFs
VM generationsV1V1, V2
Encryption at hostNoYes
Retirement date2028-11-162028-11-15
OtherAll 1 matchStandard_F4Standard_F4s
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_F4 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_F4Standard_F4sDifference
Central Indiacentralindia$0.198$0.198Same
Jio India Centraljioindiacentral$0.198$0.198Same
Jio India Westjioindiawest$0.198$0.198Same
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.199$0.199Same
East US 2eastus2$0.199$0.199Same
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.199$0.199Same
West US 2westus2$0.199$0.199Same
West US 3westus3$0.199$0.199Same
France Centralfrancecentral$0.202$0.202Same
Korea Centralkoreacentral$0.204$0.204Same
Korea Southkoreasouth$0.204$0.204Same
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.207$0.207Same
Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral$0.208$0.208Same
Malaysia Westmalaysiawest$0.208$0.208Same
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.218$0.218Same
Central UScentralus$0.219$0.219Same
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.219$0.219Same
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.219$0.219Same
West Central USwestcentralus$0.219$0.219Same
West Indiawestindia$0.219$0.219Same
North Europenortheurope$0.226$0.226Same
Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral$0.227$0.227Same
Italy Northitalynorth$0.227$0.227Same
Spain Centralspaincentral$0.227$0.227Same
Sweden Centralswedencentral$0.227$0.227Same
UK Southuksouth$0.227$0.227Same
West Europewesteurope$0.227$0.227Same
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.228$0.228Same
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.231$0.231Same
UK Westukwest$0.237$0.237Same
Israel Centralisraelcentral$0.239$0.239Same
Qatar Centralqatarcentral$0.239$0.239Same
UAE Northuaenorth$0.239$0.239Same
US Gov Arizonausgovarizona$0.239$0.239Same
US Gov Texasusgovtexas$0.239$0.239Same
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.239$0.239Same
South Indiasouthindia$0.242$0.242Same
West USwestus$0.249$0.249Same
Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth$0.2497$0.2497Same
Norway Eastnorwayeast$0.25$0.25Same
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.252$0.252Same
Japan Westjapanwest$0.252$0.252Same
Australia Centralaustraliacentral$0.26$0.26Same
Australia Central 2australiacentral2$0.26$0.26Same
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.26$0.26Same
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.26$0.26Same
France Southfrancesouth$0.262$0.262Same
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.267$0.267Same
New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth$0.274$0.274Same
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.287$0.287Same
East Asiaeastasia$0.289$0.289Same
Sweden Southswedensouth$0.295$0.295Same
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.295$0.295Same
Germany Northgermanynorth$0.296$0.296Same
Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest$0.3244$0.3244Same
Norway Westnorwaywest$0.325$0.325Same
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.334$0.334Same
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.373$0.373Same

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Azure VM Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.